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Domino Server connections from Nomad Web

Potentially one of the most transformative innovations in the Domino landscape in the past couple of years has been Nomad Web. For many customers, specifically being able to deploy without needing SafeLinx, has made the ease of deployment even more straight forward. The best thing in general about this is that you can have the… Read the full article

Domino 14 Early Access is here!

HCL had promised the early access drop one for version 14 would be available by the end of May and they’ve delivered. You can download now on Flexnet. Or better still try the new beta portal (it looks very clean and easy to use –https://my.hcltechsw.com) As with Domino 12 early access, this is a 100%… Read the full article

Engage 2023 – Amsterdam

I’m a week late coming back to write about Engage. What an event it was. Last year I found it easiest to break down the event into a series of series of points of interest from the event I’ll do the same this time out. So here it is 21 points of interest from Engage… Read the full article

12.0.2 FP1 is out for Domino, Notes client (and REST API 1.0.4)

Last night, HCL released 12.0.2 FP1 for Domino and the Notes client (64 and 32 bit), as well as a new version of REST API. Thomas Hampel has blogged and given some of the links you might need on same. One interesting note that Daniel Nashed has made here that is worth reviewing around passthru… Read the full article

Exchange/Outlook continues to be easy “Swiss cheese” target for nefarious actors

A couple of years ago I wrote extensively on the widespread Exchange on Premise and Solar winds attacks, and the aftermath. It got a lot of coverage at the time and afterwards. I could probably have written monthly or quarterly updates on same (most of them not reflecting said platforms in a better light) but… Read the full article

You can book your Domino 12 update exam today.

Yesterday, Tiffany Amos from HCL announced that booking for Domino exams are back. Few things you should note: At the moment, there’s an update exam for Domino 12 admin. Further exams certifications are planned (Domino certification “from scratch”, developer, some forms of “advanced”) You’ll need proof of R9 exam to do the update exam. (there’s… Read the full article

How to keep up to date on the latest Knowledge Base articles from HCL

I discussed this with a customer last week, and thought others might want to know how to keep up to date on knowledge base articles from HCL. You can get notified on any HCL product :- when a new version released, a security issue announced, a defect found, or a new support article written. If… Read the full article

I’m a HCL Ambassador again for 2023

The official blog post from HCL isn’t up yet, but I’m delighted to confirm that I’m a HCL Ambassador again for 2023. It’s such an amazing group of experts and more importantly good people. As HCL defines it: “HCL Ambassador is a distinction that HCL awards select members of the community that are both experts… Read the full article

Danube EAP Drop 5 is here!

Four weeks on from the last code drop HCL today released 12.0.2 EAP Drop 5. Domino Features here. Notes client Features here Traveler Features here Headline items for me: Domino Restyler is available out of box in the Notes client as opposed to the last drop in Nomad. (Note: a very informative getting started video… Read the full article

Domino Restyle has dropped (included within a new beta for Nomad server)

We’ve all “WOW”ed at the Demos at Engage 2022 and now we can try Domino Restyle (in Beta) ourselves. The deployment here seems slightly unconventional, in that you need to install the latest beta of Nomad Server to get it, but I’m not complaining. The Nomad Web server is just unzipping files to a program… Read the full article